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The QC, Vol. 79, No. 02 • September 17, 1992

1992_09_17_p001

QUAKER CAMPUS
Volume LXXIX- Number 2 >»— —S RAntpmhpr 17 i <
Volume LXXIX, Number 2
September 17, 1992
BOG Members' Conduct Under Investigation
by Adam Webster
QC Editor-in-Chief
An investigation is underway by the Office of College Life
regarding the conduct of four
BOG members atTuesday Sept.
8's orientation event at Showboat, an amusement park in
Puente Hills, in which alcohol
was involved.
The students being investigated are ASWC President
Kevin McGlynn, Treasurer
Adam Rapp, Business Manager
Matt Leary and Student Services Representative Dave
Anderson.
The four were invited to the
event to represent BOG. However, after having only spent 20
QC File Pholo
Dave Anderson
minutes in the park, according
to Anderson, they were asked to
leave.
This came as a result of an
argument the four had with the
attendant at Malibu Grand Prix
located inside the park, Anderson added.
The four got to the park
early because they had to go to
QC File Photo
Kevin McGlynn
Kinko's copying business,
McGlynn stated. So, they went
to Black Angus Restaurant's bar
and had two drinks each, according to Rapp.
Vince Hama, the bartender
at Black Angus who served the
four said he remembers them
having two large drinks, each
in a 23 1/2 ounce glass but that
QC File Photo
Adam Rapp
none had more than two.
"However, that's not to say
they couldn't have gone somewhere after they left here," he
said, "but they didn't seem that
intoxicated to me."
Hama remembers the four
mentioned going to the park,
upon which he asked if they
were going to drive, by which he
meant the Malibu Grand Prix
cars, he said. "And one said, 'No,
we're walking"," Hama said,
which struck him as odd.
Annette Reed, Malibu
Grand Prix's shift supervisor
who worked Tuesday, said that
Malibu Grand Prix will not let
anyone drive the cars if there is
any trace of alcohol.
The argument was over a
place in line that the four should
have, which came about due to
the fact that they had to leave
the line once to get the correct
stamps which would allow them
to ride the cars.
The reason they did not have
the correct stamps, according to
Please see ASWC pg. 6
BOG Makes Policy Changes [Honor Code Considered
by Jason Fish
QC Staff Writer
After a three-day retreat at
the Wickenburg Ranch in
Wickenburg, Arizona, the Board
of Governors returned to
campus with policy changes that
will affect many aspects of this
year's student body.
The biggest policy change
is in the process ofthe allocation
of funds to organizations.
There is a funding
application this year. According
to BOG president Kevin
McGlynn, the Board reviewed
other college's funding
applications to get a better grasp
of what the board wanted in
Whittier's application.
McGlynn said the
application is hopefully going to
"prevent interrogation" from
BOG and "promote
responsibility" from
organizations requesting funds.
The application works as
follows: the organization fills
out a five page contract, which
entails describing what the
event is. In addition, the
contract asks the organization
to describe how the activity will
"appeal to the Whittier College
community and its implications
for both your organization and
Whittier College as a whole."
Furthermore, each group must
state its publicity strategy, as
well as supply an estimated
budget for the event.
An important factor of this
application is the choices
organizations (andindividuals)
have when requesting funds.
An organization can ask for
a grant or loan. If requesting a
loan, the organization needs to
provide information regarding
how the money will be raised in
order to repay the loan.
Another way to request
fundingis to ask to "incorporate"
an event into an already planned
BOG event, as a supplementary
event.
Completed applications
must be sent to BOG one week
before they will be discussed at
a Board meeting.
At the meeting, the
organization will make a
presentation about the program,
at which time the Board may
ask questions to get a better
understanding of the program.
If the program funding is
approved, then the last step is
to file a post-report summarizing
the success of the event.
According to McGlynn, the
application is important for two
reasons. First, BOG is
responsible for adhering to all
College policies; therefore,
because the application is very
informative requiring exact
usage of the requested funds,
the application becomes a
contract relinquishing BOG
from liability if the contract is
not followed.
The second reason for the
contract, McGlynn added, is "to
clear up the bureaucracy ofthe
school." The application asks
for explicit information, which
will require forethought on the
part ofthe organization, which
is designed to make the process
easier for everyone involved.
Some of the effects of this
new policy are that
organizations will have to be
more responsible with their
proposals.
McGlynn said BOG will no
longer fund travel expenses, "to
be fair" to all organizations. The
Board should not have to decide,
for example, between sending
one group to San Diego and
another group to Boston, despite
the greater cost of one event
over the other.
The last aspect of this
application is that this year, the
proposers ofthe event may stay
at the BOG meeting when their
application is discussed;
however, when the Board is
discussing the application, the
Please see BOG pg. 2
. by Camille Wilson
QC Assistant News Editor
Over two years ago faculty members Bob Marks,
Joyce Kaufman and then student Miguel Santana initiated
a movement to implement, an
honor code *s Whittier College. The purpose of this code
would be to establish a system
of trust on campus^ particularly pertaining to all academic work and scholarly
conduct ofstudents,including
basic guidlines regarding
cheating and plagiarism.
According to Melissa
Chabran, the chairperson of
the Honor Code committee,
an Honor Code has yet to be
drafted and thecommitteewill
not work on composing a draft
unless students vote in favor
of developing a code in arefer-
endum that will most likely
occur this fall.
If the development of an
honor codeis approved by students and faculty, the code
committee will expand and
begin to draft a document
similar to a consti tution, stating the Honor Code gui delines.
Once that is completed,
Chabran said the students
and faculty would again have
the opportunity to vote on
whether or not the drafted
code should be enacted^
Despite the planningand
research that has been done,
including a visit by members
of BOG last year to Haverford
University, Princeton University and the University of
systems, many Whittier students are still unaware ofthe
Honor Code proposal and the
ramifications of such a system
on this campus^ Chabran said
the main goal of the Honor
Code committee is the "education of students on what
weVe trying to put forth in
referendum, what the Honor
Code would be and the philosophy thatit would bebased
on."
Moreover, Chabran
stated, Tt is very important
that students read the statement ofthe code's purpose, if
the Whittier Community
doesn't read it or doesn't believe in it, it won't work."
Although the language of
the code has not been decided,
thecommittee has planned the
organization of how the honor
system would operate if approved. The code would be
governed by students only,
with the participation ofthe
Please see CODE pg.6
c
Whatfs Inside: A Useful Guide to the Quaker Campus
News
New TrusteesChosen
Whittier College has
selected two new members to join the Board of
Trustees. That brings
the total to eight new
recruits in the last year
and a half. See page 4
Viewpoint
New Cohab. Policy
The Associate Dean for
Res. Life and various
student share their
thoughts on the need for
the new policy on overnight guests ofthe same
gender. See page 3
Features
Thrift Store Bargains
How to get the most for
less. Features Editor
Karen Whitehouse tells
how and where bargains can be found in
the Uptown Whittier
area. See page 9
A&E
"Gypsy" in Review
A&E Editor Megan
Hobza reviews the
Whittier Community
Theatre's production of
the musical "Gypsy,"
directed Jack Millis.
See page 11
Sports
Poets Ready for Leos
This weekend's football
game will pit the Poet
defense against La
Verne QB Willie
Reyna; last year's Div.
Ill leading offensive
player. See page 15

QUAKER CAMPUS
Volume LXXIX- Number 2 >»— —S RAntpmhpr 17 i <
Volume LXXIX, Number 2
September 17, 1992
BOG Members' Conduct Under Investigation
by Adam Webster
QC Editor-in-Chief
An investigation is underway by the Office of College Life
regarding the conduct of four
BOG members atTuesday Sept.
8's orientation event at Showboat, an amusement park in
Puente Hills, in which alcohol
was involved.
The students being investigated are ASWC President
Kevin McGlynn, Treasurer
Adam Rapp, Business Manager
Matt Leary and Student Services Representative Dave
Anderson.
The four were invited to the
event to represent BOG. However, after having only spent 20
QC File Pholo
Dave Anderson
minutes in the park, according
to Anderson, they were asked to
leave.
This came as a result of an
argument the four had with the
attendant at Malibu Grand Prix
located inside the park, Anderson added.
The four got to the park
early because they had to go to
QC File Photo
Kevin McGlynn
Kinko's copying business,
McGlynn stated. So, they went
to Black Angus Restaurant's bar
and had two drinks each, according to Rapp.
Vince Hama, the bartender
at Black Angus who served the
four said he remembers them
having two large drinks, each
in a 23 1/2 ounce glass but that
QC File Photo
Adam Rapp
none had more than two.
"However, that's not to say
they couldn't have gone somewhere after they left here," he
said, "but they didn't seem that
intoxicated to me."
Hama remembers the four
mentioned going to the park,
upon which he asked if they
were going to drive, by which he
meant the Malibu Grand Prix
cars, he said. "And one said, 'No,
we're walking"," Hama said,
which struck him as odd.
Annette Reed, Malibu
Grand Prix's shift supervisor
who worked Tuesday, said that
Malibu Grand Prix will not let
anyone drive the cars if there is
any trace of alcohol.
The argument was over a
place in line that the four should
have, which came about due to
the fact that they had to leave
the line once to get the correct
stamps which would allow them
to ride the cars.
The reason they did not have
the correct stamps, according to
Please see ASWC pg. 6
BOG Makes Policy Changes [Honor Code Considered
by Jason Fish
QC Staff Writer
After a three-day retreat at
the Wickenburg Ranch in
Wickenburg, Arizona, the Board
of Governors returned to
campus with policy changes that
will affect many aspects of this
year's student body.
The biggest policy change
is in the process ofthe allocation
of funds to organizations.
There is a funding
application this year. According
to BOG president Kevin
McGlynn, the Board reviewed
other college's funding
applications to get a better grasp
of what the board wanted in
Whittier's application.
McGlynn said the
application is hopefully going to
"prevent interrogation" from
BOG and "promote
responsibility" from
organizations requesting funds.
The application works as
follows: the organization fills
out a five page contract, which
entails describing what the
event is. In addition, the
contract asks the organization
to describe how the activity will
"appeal to the Whittier College
community and its implications
for both your organization and
Whittier College as a whole."
Furthermore, each group must
state its publicity strategy, as
well as supply an estimated
budget for the event.
An important factor of this
application is the choices
organizations (andindividuals)
have when requesting funds.
An organization can ask for
a grant or loan. If requesting a
loan, the organization needs to
provide information regarding
how the money will be raised in
order to repay the loan.
Another way to request
fundingis to ask to "incorporate"
an event into an already planned
BOG event, as a supplementary
event.
Completed applications
must be sent to BOG one week
before they will be discussed at
a Board meeting.
At the meeting, the
organization will make a
presentation about the program,
at which time the Board may
ask questions to get a better
understanding of the program.
If the program funding is
approved, then the last step is
to file a post-report summarizing
the success of the event.
According to McGlynn, the
application is important for two
reasons. First, BOG is
responsible for adhering to all
College policies; therefore,
because the application is very
informative requiring exact
usage of the requested funds,
the application becomes a
contract relinquishing BOG
from liability if the contract is
not followed.
The second reason for the
contract, McGlynn added, is "to
clear up the bureaucracy ofthe
school." The application asks
for explicit information, which
will require forethought on the
part ofthe organization, which
is designed to make the process
easier for everyone involved.
Some of the effects of this
new policy are that
organizations will have to be
more responsible with their
proposals.
McGlynn said BOG will no
longer fund travel expenses, "to
be fair" to all organizations. The
Board should not have to decide,
for example, between sending
one group to San Diego and
another group to Boston, despite
the greater cost of one event
over the other.
The last aspect of this
application is that this year, the
proposers ofthe event may stay
at the BOG meeting when their
application is discussed;
however, when the Board is
discussing the application, the
Please see BOG pg. 2
. by Camille Wilson
QC Assistant News Editor
Over two years ago faculty members Bob Marks,
Joyce Kaufman and then student Miguel Santana initiated
a movement to implement, an
honor code *s Whittier College. The purpose of this code
would be to establish a system
of trust on campus^ particularly pertaining to all academic work and scholarly
conduct ofstudents,including
basic guidlines regarding
cheating and plagiarism.
According to Melissa
Chabran, the chairperson of
the Honor Code committee,
an Honor Code has yet to be
drafted and thecommitteewill
not work on composing a draft
unless students vote in favor
of developing a code in arefer-
endum that will most likely
occur this fall.
If the development of an
honor codeis approved by students and faculty, the code
committee will expand and
begin to draft a document
similar to a consti tution, stating the Honor Code gui delines.
Once that is completed,
Chabran said the students
and faculty would again have
the opportunity to vote on
whether or not the drafted
code should be enacted^
Despite the planningand
research that has been done,
including a visit by members
of BOG last year to Haverford
University, Princeton University and the University of
systems, many Whittier students are still unaware ofthe
Honor Code proposal and the
ramifications of such a system
on this campus^ Chabran said
the main goal of the Honor
Code committee is the "education of students on what
weVe trying to put forth in
referendum, what the Honor
Code would be and the philosophy thatit would bebased
on."
Moreover, Chabran
stated, Tt is very important
that students read the statement ofthe code's purpose, if
the Whittier Community
doesn't read it or doesn't believe in it, it won't work."
Although the language of
the code has not been decided,
thecommittee has planned the
organization of how the honor
system would operate if approved. The code would be
governed by students only,
with the participation ofthe
Please see CODE pg.6
c
Whatfs Inside: A Useful Guide to the Quaker Campus
News
New TrusteesChosen
Whittier College has
selected two new members to join the Board of
Trustees. That brings
the total to eight new
recruits in the last year
and a half. See page 4
Viewpoint
New Cohab. Policy
The Associate Dean for
Res. Life and various
student share their
thoughts on the need for
the new policy on overnight guests ofthe same
gender. See page 3
Features
Thrift Store Bargains
How to get the most for
less. Features Editor
Karen Whitehouse tells
how and where bargains can be found in
the Uptown Whittier
area. See page 9
A&E
"Gypsy" in Review
A&E Editor Megan
Hobza reviews the
Whittier Community
Theatre's production of
the musical "Gypsy,"
directed Jack Millis.
See page 11
Sports
Poets Ready for Leos
This weekend's football
game will pit the Poet
defense against La
Verne QB Willie
Reyna; last year's Div.
Ill leading offensive
player. See page 15